#BFB338#BFB338

#BFB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB338
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -9.77, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 61.79, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.033 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3214, 43.6036, 10.1384)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB338 #3844BF

analogous

#BF6F38 #BFB338 #87BF38

triadic

#BFB338 #38BFB3 #B338BF

tetradic

#BFB338 #38BF6F #3844BF #BF3887

square

#BFB338 #38BF6F #3844BF #BF3887

split-complementary

#BFB338 #3887BF #6F38BF

monochromatic

#605A1C #90872A #BFB338 #D1C763 #DFD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB338

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB338	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c976',
    500: '#bfb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb338;
$custom-light: #d6c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB338

secondary

#898ECA

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB338

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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